putt-putt

putt-putt

1. slang A small motorized vehicle. My grandfather sill drives the same tiny putt-putt he had when he was in college. A: "We rented a scooter to get around the city during our vacation." B: "You're going to block up traffic driving a putt-putt like that."
2. slang Miniature golf. Do you kids want to go play some putt-putt this weekend? They're known for their putt-putt course, but they've also got go-karts and a pretty sweet arcade.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

putt-putt

n. a small motorized vehicle, especially a small car. That’s not a motorcycle; it’s just a little putt-putt.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • a one in a million chance
  • a one-in-a-million chance
  • motorized freckles
  • motorize
  • motorized dandruff
  • come into a (small) fortune
  • putt
  • putt along
  • varoom
  • burn out of
References in periodicals archive
When the children grow bored of the beach, families will need to find a putt-putt course or water park to keep them happy
He said it only has a small, putt-putt ion engine on it that's good for fine maneuvers, but it's not good for getting it out of harm's way, so this one was definitely going to come down at some point or other.
Told from Chester's perspective and illustrated with captivating, full color photography of Chesapeake, Buck, their canine sibling Putt-Putt and their feline sibling Kittie, My Brother Buck is a most enjoyable read-aloud story especially for young animal lovers.
We could go out and buy lottery tickets, vote, play putt-putt golf.
It's like watching Tiger Woods playing Putt-Putt or Babe Ruth bunting.
Other holes of the "Putt-Putt Around the World" course represented different world regions.
A miniature golf course known as Twelvetrees, one of the first putt-putt links constructed in a Lower Manhattan office building, opened 81 years ago this month.
Something as simple as meeting at a bowling alley or a putt-putt golf course can create opportunities for children to work on social skills, typical play, and creating connections with other children.
No doubt, this is a must-read book for those who study Cuba, an island whose future and putt-putt economy, predicts Bardach, will be increasingly controlled by its army.
Chuckster's is twice the size of most miniature golf courses and no ordinary 18-hole putt-putt. The landscape and design is like an outdoor sculpture, with over five separate water systems flowing through the fairways, lined with over 46,000 bricks and set among more than 1,000 tons of boulders.
Splash Mountain Water Theme Park and Putt-Putt Golf and Games in Mansourieh (04-531166/7) are adjacent parks, appealing both to land- and sea-lubbers.
You can even putt-putt down wooded trails, stopping occasionally to get down and study the tracks.
I selected a confident orange, a bold hue that exudes a simple but powerful message: This guy is here to play putt-putt.
Turned out, his putt-putt course became more popular than his regulation-size golf course.
Token: Yeah, whether it's skating or wrestling or basketball or putt-putt golf or rockin' out with music or whatever--if your desire is not to be the best ever then you need to find something to do.